Events

If you’ve ever wanted to keep up with Alberta social media events, we’re hoping this page will help you do that. We’re also going to be adding major social media events like Tweetups, Democamps, Barcamps, conferences and gatherings from around the world that would be worthwhile attending.

If you’ve got a social media event in Edmonton, Alberta or around the world that is worth knowing about, let us know and we’ll add it here.

Coming Social Media Events

Past events

June 5/09 – Banff, AB – DemoCamp Calgary – For a change of pace, DemoCamp Calgary will be held in Banff at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in conjunction with nextMedia Banff.

June 5-7/09 - Banff, AB – nextMedia Banff - A mix of old media, new media and business, and, according to their site, “explores the future of digital content production, distribution and funding and is attended by the world’s leading edge content creators, broadcasters, agencies and advertisers.”

June 2/09 – Edmonton, Alberta – Twitter for Breakfast – WTC 6th floor, Room A

Apr. 3/09 - Edmonton, Alberta – Grant MacEwan BlogCamp – Noon – Grant MacEwan main campus. 50 bloggers, 9 hours. Great prizes!

Apr. 6/09 - Edmonton, Alberta – The Social Web Meetup – 7 p.m. NAIT

Apr. 7/09 - Edmonton, Alberta – Edmonton Tweetup – 6:30 pm Vintage Lounge – 10124 124th St.

May 17-20/09 – San Jose, California – AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media – looks like an interesting, but quite technical conference on analyzing social media.

Mar. 11/09 – Edmonton, AB - Democamp Edmonton 6 – at University of Alberta. Our recap of Democamp.

Mar. 7/09 - Edmonton, AB – Ideafest – held @ the University of Alberta. Sharing ideas on a variety of topics. Great discussions. Good recap by Dave Cournoyer.

Feb. 12/09 – Edmonton, AB – Twestival - Vintage Lounge. Edmonton Twitter community participating in worldwide charity event to raise money for water. Good writeup on Twestival by Mack Male, who spearheaded the event.